Cesar's Blog

Without specific training to complete this marathon in a competitive time I decided last minute to just join as a "bandit" inspired by a few friends from MITO Canada. Blaine Penny wanted to break 3 hours for the marathon pushing his son Evan who is in a wheel chair !! So, he recruited a few fast friends to help him on the endeavor and I came alone to experience first hand how a group of 8 super fast runner would do that ! Ciaran, Jody, Kevin, Jeremy, Richard, Tristan were the main crew, I knew that 4:05 was fast for me, so I didn't officially signed up for the race... hopping I could join for the first half and go home. They started super fast at around 3:45 min pace and I was pushing hard to stay in the group, I got dropped at around 7k and could only see them ahead of me for the remaining of the race... Since I was already there, I was just focusing on catching them, was hypnotized by the ocean blue color of MITO's t-shirts and all I could think of was t...

The Calgary Police Half wasn't my best race, however I think I left everything I had there... Supper windy day and hilly course, and the fact that my lower back was bad for the prior 5 days certainly didn't help. I went into the race with some preparation, but with a few days having tight hamstrings and lower back pain... My stride was a bit off and confidence to push in the hills was down. I signed up Maria for the 10k, which started just 15min after the half. So, my plan was to try catch her in the last 1k or 2 (which I did). Ed Bickley was there along with Rick McDonalds and Jeff Nielson. We warmed up for about 5 minutes and the race was on ! I decided not to race this time with my drinks and since it was a cold day, I figured I wouldn't need much. I tried drinking on a few aid stations, but need more practice with the cups to be able to drink without splashing my self all over ! With a downhill start with around 2k and a tail wind I was feeling pretty good and...